Scraper



J. E. DAHL March 5, 1940.

SCRAPER Filed June 1, 1939 f flag/ Patented Mar. 5, 1940 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE Claims.

This invention relates to an improved form of scraping tool particularlyadapted for use in cleaning poultry houses.

It is a primary aim of this invention to pro- 5 ride a tool especiallydesigned and adapted for scraping and cleaning the dropping boards anddoors of poultry houses, so constructed that the forward edge or eitherside edge of the tool may be employed as the scraping edge.

Still a further aim of the invention is to provide a tool having a headso constructed that when either of the side edges or the forward edge isused for scraping a back wall is provided for collecting and holding thescrapings on the tool head.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter becomemore fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, whichillustrates a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the tool,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical central sectional view, partly inelevation, of the same, and

Figure 3 is an end view in elevation looking to- 25 Ward the head of thetool.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein like referencecharacters designate like or corresponding parts throughout thedifferent views, In designates generally the tool formed of the head M,and the handle l2.

Head ill comprises an elongated plate I3 having an upturned end itforming the back wall of the tool. The opposite end l5 and thelongitudinal edges it of the plate [3 are preferably sharpened to formscraping edges. A partition or central wall ll rises from the plate l3and extends the length thereof, as best seen in Figure 2. Thepartitionor wall l'l may be secured in any manner to the plate I3 and tothe inner side of the back wall M, as by means of welding. As best seenin Figure 2, the partition I? extends the length of the plate l3 and hasits upper edge rounded at its back end to connect with the intermediateportion of the upper edge of the back wall M. Partition ll is providedat its opposite end with the tapered edge l8 which tapers to a point atthe edge l5. The back wall I l, as best seen in Figurefi, has anarcuately shaped upper edge and is also provided with a centrallydisposed opening i9 which is bisected by the partition ll.

Handle i2 is provided with the split tapered end 20 which extendsthrough opening l9 and "which is adapted to be disposed with itscorresponding sections engaging opposite sides of the til partition l1.Handle I2 is secured to the head II by means of fastenings such as therivets 2| which extend through the sections of the tapered end 20 andthrough the partition ll to mount the handle I2 at an angle to the plate[3.

From the foregoing it will be seen, that the scraping edge l5 may bereadily used for scraping a floor or other surface by means of a forwardand backward motion and when thus used the back wall M will form a stopor abutment for 10 the scrapings which are directed onto the plate I3.In cleaning dropping boards of poultry houses it is usually notconvenient to position the scraping tool so that its forward scrapingedge can be moved longitudinally of the board and M for such work thetool I0 is adapted to be positioned transversely of the dropping boardand moved longitudinally thereof using either of the longitudinalscraping edges 16 for scraping during this right or left movement. Wheneither of 20 the edges l6 are thus employed, the central longitudinalpartition I! forms the back wall or abutment to collect and retain thescrapings on either half of the plate l3.

Various modifications and changes in the precise construction andarrangement of the parts forming the scraping tool are contemplated andmay be resorted to and the right is reserved to make such variations asfall within the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter definedby the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A device of the class described comprising a scraper head including alongitudinal plate having an upturned end, the opposite end andlongitudinal edges of the plate being sharpened to provide scrapingedges, a longitudinal wall rising from said plate and disposedintermediate of its longitudinal edges, said wall extending from saidupturned end to the opposite forward edge 4g of said plate, and a handlesecured to said wall and extending outwardly through said upturned end,said handle being disposed at an angle to the plate. V

2. A scraping tool comprising a scraping head 5 comprising a platehaving an upturned end, forming a back wall, a partition rising fromsaid plate and disposed longitudinally thereof, the opposite end andsidev edges of the plate forming scraping edges, and a handle secured atone end to said head.

3. A scraping tool comprising a base portion,

a wall formed integral with and rising from one end of said baseportion, the opposite end and longitudinal edges thereof being sharpenedto 5 end secured to said longitudinal wall and extendlug outwardlythrough said upturned end, said handle being disposed at an angle to theplane of the plate.

5. A scraping tool comprising a head having a relatively flat baseportion, the side edges of the base portion being sharpened to formscraping edges, and a longitudinal wall rising from said base portionand disposed between said side edges and forming a back wall for both ofsaid scraping 10 edges.

JOHN EDWARD DAHL.

